CIMH METHODS SUMMER 2017 SEMINAR 1: Do we know if interventions to improve health and wellbeing impact on everyone the same? Applying an ‚Äúequity lens’ to systematic review evidence

Center for Innovation in Mental Health at CUNY SPH Mental Health Methods Seminar We are delighted to announce the Mental Health Methods Series, sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Mental Health at CUNY SPH. Please RSVP to cimh@sph.cuny.edu Summer Methods Seminar 1: July 24, 2017 Room 822 10:30 AM Р12:00 PM Do we know if interventions to improve health and wellbeing impact on everyone the same? Applying an “equity lens” to systematic review evidence Whilst there is robust data describing socioeconomic inequalities in health and mental health, there is comparatively less research on what works to tackle health inequalities. Incomparison to our understanding of inequalities in physical health, the social determinants of mental health are relatively under-researched. One implication is that we need to improve intervention research to better understand what works in tackling health and mental health inequalities. Drawing on a systematic review of interventions to improve adolescent health and wellbeing, this presentation will outline the preliminary findings of an equity analysis and offer some key reflections for research and policy. Presented by Dr. Anna Macintyre, Research Associate at the Centre for Health Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Anna holds an MA (Hons) in Psychology, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClin Psychol), and a Masters in Public Health (MPH). Anna previously worked as a Clinical Psychologist in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services before deciding to pursue a career in Public Health. Her research interests focus on the social and economic determinants of health, and health inequalities, in relation to mental health and obesity.